‘Of Mice and Men’ General Overview • The story is set in California in the 1930’s during the Great Depression and it main characters are two wandering farm workers called George and Lennie. • George is small‚ quick and intelligent. • By contrast Lennie is slow and simpleminded. • They travel around together in search of work. • They have a dream of a place of their own – a small ranch where they can live and work on their own. • They are on the run from the town of Weed where Lennie caused trouble
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Settlement Revision Settlement Site There are eight main things that help to choose a site to build a settlement. They are called factors. The eight factors are Wet point Dry point Building Materials Defence Fuel Supply Food Supply Bridging point Shelter and Aspect. Wet Point. A settlement needs to be close to a reliable source of water. In early days‚ rivers were clean enough to give a safe‚ permanent supply. Dry Point. A site has to be safe from flooding and away from marshy areas
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Year 12 UNIT 2 (British History) Topic D2: Britain and the Nationalist Challenge in India 1900-47 MOCK REVISION LIST 2012 The main focus of this option is on the changing relationship between Britain and India in this period and on the reasons for this‚ with particular reference to Indian nationalism. Students will be expected to understand the importance of the growth and impact of Congress and the Muslim League as they challenged Britain’s traditional role in India‚ and they should understand
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Revision Notes: Korean War KOREAN WAR North Korea [Communist] invaded South Korea [Capitalist]. Causes [memory word: DUCKS] Domino theory - Truman thought that Far Eastern countries would fall like dominoes. China became Communist in 1949. Truman feared Japan would follow. He felt he had to stop this. Undermine Communism - - NSC 68 (April 1950) recommended that the US abandon ’containment’ and start to ’roll back’ Communism. Cold War - Truman and
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SAFETY UNIT IA REVISION NOTES Module PIDAREV.1.1 © RRC Training All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form‚ or by any means‚ electronic‚ electrostatic‚ mechanical‚ photocopied or otherwise‚ without the express permission in writing from RRC Training. © RRC Training NEBOSH International Diploma Unit IA – Revision Notes NEBOSH INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY UNIT IA REVISION NOTES LIST OF
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Science Revision Notes Chemistry Atoms are the smallest particle of a particular element. Molecules are particles that contain 2 or more atoms joined together by chemical bonds. Elements are substances that are made up of only one type of atom. Compounds are substances form when two or more elements are joined chemically. Metals are solid at room temperature‚ with the exception of mercury. Metals are good conductors of electricity and heat. Metals can usually be melted at high temperatures. Non-metals
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Science End Of Year Revision: Biology 1. Animal and Plant cells 2. Specialized animal and plant cells 3. The 7 life processes: 4. A group of SIMILAR CELLS is called a TISSUE. A group of DIFFERENT TISSUES forms an ORGAN. A GROUP OF ORGANS working together from an ORGAN SYSTEM‚ or even a WHOLE ORGANISM. CELLS TISSUE ORGAN ORGAN SYSTEM 5. Example of this sequence in plants. …which‚ with other tissues make up a leaf (an ORGAN)… …which‚ with other tissues
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Revision Checklist for IGCSE Biology 0610 Guide for Students REVISION CHECKLIST for IGCSE Biology 0610 A guide for students How to use this guide The guide describes what you need to know about your IGSCE Biology examination. It can be used to help you to plan your revision programme for the theory examinations and will explain what the examiners are looking for in the answers you write. It can also be used to help you revise by using the tick boxes in Section 3‚ ‘What you need to know?’‚ to
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References Accountingexplained.com. 2014. Activity-Based Costing | Steps | Example. [online] Available at: http://accountingexplained.com/managerial/cost-systems/activity-based-costing [Accessed: 25 Mar 2014]. Accountlearning.blogspot.co.uk. 2014. Advantages And Disadvantages Of Activity-Based Costing(ABC) | Account-Management-Economics. [online] Available at: http://accountlearning.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/advantages-and-disadvantages-of_06.html [Accessed: 25 Mar 2014]. Accountlearning.blogspot
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unsuccessful competitive bids due to the inherent deficiencies of their existing costing system. This has illustrated the importance of obtaining a thorough understanding of costs‚ and desirability of implementing a superior costing system. This report contains: * A general overview of the problems confronted by JDCW * An analysis of the current standard costing system * An exposition of Activity Based Costing (ABC) * An evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of each system
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